Before the world of golf heads to Royal Troon for the 152nd Open, a loaded field of PGA Tour stars has made its way to The Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland, for the 2024 Genesis Scottish Open. Defending champion and world No. 2 Rory McIlroy is back for the first time since his devastating loss to Bryson DeChambeau at the U.S. Open.
The Northern Irishman, who is also the betting favorite at +800 (8/1), is joined in the field by 2022 champion Xander Schauffele, Ludvig Aberg, Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland, Tom Kim, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth and Max Homa, just to name a few.
This week’s winner will walk away with $1.62 million of the $9 million purse and 500 FedEx Cup points.
With Scottie Scheffler missing from the field, it feels like we can finally open up the board a little bit. Let’s jump into our preview.
Golf course
The Renaissance Club | Par 70 | 7,237 yards | Tom Doak design
Course history
Course history at “The Renaissance Club” since 2019 for the @ScottishOpen.
Includes average finish position and complete “Strokes Gained” data per round in each category. Players are sorted by SG: Total. pic.twitter.com/18i4viFIWA
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Betting odds
| Player | Odds | Player | Odds |
| Rory McIlroy | +800 | Wyndham Clark | +4000 |
| Xander Schauffele | +900 | Robert MacIntyre | +4000 |
| Ludvig Aberg | +1600 | Justin Thomas | +4000 |
| Collin Morikawa | +1600 | Sungjae Im | +4500 |
| Tommy Fleetwood | +2000 | Aaron Rai | +4500 |
| Viktor Hovland | +2200 | Corey Conners | +5000 |
| Tom Kim | +2500 | Jordan Spieth | +5500 |
| Min Woo Lee | +2800 | Davis Thompson | +5500 |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | +3500 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | +5500 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | +3500 | Brian Harman | +5500 |
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